A WEIGHTY PROBLEM
Feb 06, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS BY LAEA MARSHALL
By the year 2030, half of our population could be obese. Obesity is a big problem in the UK, as it’s estimated to impact one in four adults and a fifth of 10 to 11-year olds.
In 2016, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development, nearly 27% of adults in the UK were obese, the highest proportion in Western Europe.
Britain has been crowned the 26th fattest country in the world
By December 2018, the UK was crowned the 26th fattest
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